Posted on 02/14/2024 1:45:21 PM PST by algore
The U.S. believes Russia wants to put a nuclear weapon in space, according to reports sparked by a top Republican warning about a 'serious national security threat'.
House Intel Chair Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio said members of Congress had been made aware of the threat which is reported to be related to Russia and its threat from space - but wouldn't go into details.
It later emerged that it was related to Moscow's plan to put a nuclear weapon into space to target and destroy satellites the world depends on, ABC News reported.
Turner asked the president to declassify the information so lawmakers could discuss the ramifications in the ominous warning that sparked a response from the White House and furious speculation.
Moscow has already shown how it can be lethal from space by testing a hit-to-kill anti-satellite missile in 2021.
Russia smashed a defunct spy satellite launched in 1982 into 1,500 pieces of debris in the strike and sparked fury around the world.
Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., was one of the first lawmakers to view the documents in the SCIF on Wednesday afternoon.
He told reporters that the threat is 'not an immediate crisis but certainly something we have to be very serious about.'
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Wednesday he was 'surprised' Turner came publicly about the threat related to a 'destabilizing foreign military capability.'
'That's been on the books. So I am a bit surprised that Congressman Turner came out publicly today in advance of a meeting on the books for me to go sit with him alongside our intelligence and defense professionals tomorrow,
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A nuclear weapon would overcome Russia’s accuracy shortcomings. There aren’t any apartment buildings in space.
Millions.
They are up and pointed at any identified nationalist.
The space treaties are used as toilet paper by anybody who can launch a satellite.
The notion that the pure US abides by such treaties is a total joke.
Hence the “sarcasm” tag...treaty monitoring is my job.
an attempt to Wag the Dog
an attempt to Wag the Dog
Somebody at ABC News is an idiot. I remember in the late 1970's, so called 'killer satellites" were all over the news. It turned out they were real. It's just a proximity charge with navigation. Move the killer satellite next a victim satellite and bang! A nuclear weapon in space is not there to kill satellites.
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